Apiarian

"Were I to be the founder of a new sect,

I would call them Apiarians, and, after the example of the bee,

advise them to extract the honey of every sect."  

- Thomas Jefferson

PRACTICE THE GOLDEN RULE EACH DAY

We have committed the Golden Rule to memory;

now let us commit it to life.

~Edwin Markham

“No country can ever truly flourish if it stifles

the potential of its women and deprives itself

of the contributions of half of its citizens.”

~Michelle Obama

"Look up at the stars and not down at your feet.

Try to make sense of what you see,

and wonder about what makes the universe exist.

Be curious."

– Stephen Hawking

"Whatever your difficulties - a devastated heart,

financial loss, feeling assaulted by the conflicts

around you, or a seemingly hopeless illness -

you can always remember that you are free in every moment t

o set the compass of your heart to your highest intentions.

In fact, the two things that you are always free to do -

despite your circumstances -

are to be present and to be willing to love."

~Jack Kornfield (b.1945)

"The flesh surrenders itself.

Eternity takes back its own.

Our bodies stirred these waters briefly,

danced with a certain intoxication

before the love of life and self,

dealt with a few strange ideas,

then submitted to the instruments of Time.

What can we say of this?

I occurred. I am not ... yet, I occurred.

~Frank Herbert (1920-1986)

“Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great.

You can be that generation.”

~Nelson Mandela

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that,” and encouraged us to “shine our brightest lights next Monday.”

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s

We are now struggling for a new world which is based on peace,

which is based on love, which is based on justice,

which is based on accountability, based on human rights.”

~Tawakkol Karman